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COMMISSION OP CONSERVATION 



PoLAK Fox \ White skins 105,000 



(Vvlpes lagopm) /Blue " 11,000 



Kit-Fox 1 64,000 



{Vulpes velox) j 



Gray Pox 1 



{Uroqjon cinebrensargentatus) J 50,000 



The Japan fox or Raccoon dog, and a few thousand skins of two 

 South American species make up the balance. 



Brass estimates the world's yearly production of the various species 

 of foxes as follows : 



FOX SKINS PRODUCED ANNUALLY 



Geographical The quotations published by fur-buyers make a geographi- 

 Classification ^^j classification of furs, thus: 



Red Fox No. 1, Large:* 



Alaska, Northern and Western Canada , $12.00 



Newfoundland and Labrador 8 . 50 



Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakota, Missouri, Michigan 7 . 50 



Eastern Canada, Michigan, New York, and Northeastern states. . . 6 .00 



Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and lUinois 5.00 



Central and Southern states 3.50 



Red Fox No. 1, Large :t 



Eastern Canada, Nova Scotia, Labrador 9.00 



Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Ontario 8 . 00 



Northern New York, northern Michigan, Connecticut 7.00 



Northern Pennsylvania, central New York, central Michigan. ... 6.00 



Central Pennsylvania, northern Ohio, W. Virginia, New York .... 5 . 00 



Central Ohio, northern Indiana, Illinois 4 . 75 



South Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, southern 



Ohio, northern Kentucky 4. 50 



Southern and Southwestern states 4.25 



The geographical classification reveals the fact that, in North Amer- 

 ica, the higher the altitude, or the lower the temperature, the heavier 

 the pelt. Mink descends steadily in value from Labrador to Florida, 

 Eastern Canada large No. 1 mink being quoted at $6.00 in March, 1914, 

 and Florida at $4.00. A heavy pelt, if properly coloured, is usually the 

 most valuable. Canada, therefore, produces the best fur in the New 

 World as Russia does in the Old. It is quite possible, also, that the pelts 



*Pur News Magazine, November, 1912. 

 liFur Trade Review, December, 1912. 



